Managing Engineer. Cloud Security Engineering

Allstate Insurance Company

Belfast City District

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Corporate bonus scheme

Pension scheme

Annual performance-related pay reviews

Life assurance and income protection

Flexible working options

Hybrid working

Private medical and dental insurance

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Two paid volunteering days each year

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Job summary

Allstate NI in Belfast seeks a Managing Engineer, Cloud Security Engineering to lead and grow a team delivering cloud security controls as software products. You will guide architecture decisions, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate with product and platform teams.

The role blends leadership with hands-on engineering across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with a strong focus on scalable, secure cloud solutions and modern delivery practices. Hybrid/remote options available.

Qualifications

All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate.
A minimum of 4 years of professional software, cloud, platform, or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems delivering measurable reliability, performance, or security outcomes.
A minimum of 2 years of experience leading and developing engineers through people leadership and hands-on technical guidance, including coaching, architecture reviews, design decisions, and code reviews.
Deep experience securing cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including cloud-native services, architectures, and security controls.
Strong engineering proficiency with Python, Bash, Terraform, and cloud-native automation tools, with the ability to guide solution design, review code and infrastructure as code, and support the development of cloud security products.
Ability to translate security requirements and risks into scalable engineering solutions, reusable patterns, and automated controls.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives, manage cross-team dependencies, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop an engineering team delivering cloud security controls as software products, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development.
Set technical direction and drive high-quality execution across the design, implementation, deployment, and production support of cloud security capabilities.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture and design reviews, technical decision-making, code reviews, and support for critical implementation work.
Own the reliability, performance, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of the team's products in production.
Partner with Digital Product Managers, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to align roadmaps, priorities, dependencies, and delivery plans.
Build a strong engineering culture centered on modern delivery practices (test-driven development, pair programming), fast feedback, technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Translate complex cloud security needs into scalable engineering solutions, reusable patterns, and automated capabilities.
Lead effective agile execution while keeping the team focused on delivery outcomes rather than process or ceremony.

Skills

Cloud Platform

Cloud Security

Code Reviews

Mentorship

Product Security

Security Controls

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Technical Direction

Technical Leadership

Tools

Python

Bash

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Your role in the team

Product Security Engineering designs, builds, and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into cloud platforms, the software development lifecycle, and core enterprise services. The organization applies modern software and cloud engineering practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly security capabilities that enable secure-by-default behaviors across the enterprise.

The Managing Engineer, Cloud Security Engineering is a hands-on engineering leader responsible for building and operating cloud security capabilities in production. This role combines people leadership, technical direction, and delivery ownership, including developing engineers, guiding architecture and design decisions, and ensuring the team delivers reliable, scalable, and effective security solutions. The Managing Engineer partners with digital product managers, cloud platform teams, application engineers, and security stakeholders to align priorities and integrate preventative, detective, and responsive controls into cloud platforms and developer workflows.

Key responsibilities:

Lead and develop an engineering team delivering cloud security controls as software products, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development.
Set technical direction and drive high-quality execution across the design, implementation, deployment, and production support of cloud security capabilities.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture and design reviews, technical decision-making, code reviews, and support for critical implementation work.
Own the reliability, performance, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of the team's products in production.
Partner with Digital Product Managers, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to align roadmaps, priorities, dependencies, and delivery plans.
Build a strong engineering culture centered on modern delivery practices (test-driven development, pair programming), fast feedback, technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Translate complex cloud security needs into scalable engineering solutions, reusable patterns, and automated capabilities.
Lead effective agile execution while keeping the team focused on delivery outcomes rather than process or ceremony.

Essential Skills:

All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
A minimum of 4 years of professional software, cloud, platform, or security engineering experience, including ownership of production systems delivering measurable reliability, performance, or security outcomes.
A minimum of 2 years of experience leading and developing engineers through people leadership and hands-on technical guidance, including coaching, architecture reviews, design decisions, and code reviews.
Deep experience securing cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including cloud-native services, architectures, and security controls.
Strong engineering proficiency with Python, Bash, Terraform, and cloud-native automation tools, with the ability to guide solution design, review code and infrastructure as code, and support the development of cloud security products.
Ability to translate security requirements and risks into scalable engineering solutions, reusable patterns, and automated controls.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives, manage cross-team dependencies, and deliver measurable outcomes.

Desirable Skills:

Designing or operating security controls embedded into CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, or shared cloud platform services.
Familiarity with containerized environments, including Kubernetes and Docker, and the security considerations associated with them.
Proven ability to influence technical decisions and drive adoption of secure patterns, standards, and reusable capabilities across product areas.
Demonstrated success mentoring senior engineers and developing emerging technical leaders to strengthen long-term team capability.
Understanding of security and operational measures, such as control adoption, reliability, and risk reduction, used to evaluate engineering outcomes and guide priorities.

Job Posting End Date: Monday 21st September 11:59pm

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Skills

Cloud Platform, Cloud Security, Code Reviews, Mentorship, Product Security, Security Controls, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Technical Direction, Technical Leadership

Shape the Future of Insurance with Cutting-Edge Tech and a People-First Culture

Why join us?

Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate's European Digital Centre of Excellence, a hub for innovation and engineering excellence. We're recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100+ employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards, and we've been recognised for our community and sustainability impact with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.

We're a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.

We also invest in you. At Allstate NI, your career growth matters. You'll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub, designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths, certifications, and mentoring opportunities. Whether you're deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.

What do you get in return?

As well as receiving a competitive annual salary, our reward package includes: